Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a jeweler again

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has yellow fur. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: River hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student she started as a Shipwright, but she got bored and became a Sculptor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 280 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sellsword. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp. Jet (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished longsword as well. Her hair is black and curly. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Susannah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Lazy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars, marred by teas. She wears her blonde hair down. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mercenary. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She tends to her Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He dresses like a well dressed Sculptor does. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sculptor for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Carpenter again.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.